“Without "the people," there is no country.”
“People who care nothing for their country's stories and songs,' he said, 'are like people without a past- without a memory- they are half people”
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul.”
“It has been proved that the land can exist without the country - and be better for it; it has not been proved that the country can live without the land.”
“I pledge allegiance to a country without borders, without politicians”
“...as all ranks of people, without respect of religion, seem resolute to defend the sacred person of their sovereign and the laws and liberties of this country, against all foreign invadors...”